Jenrry Mejia slammed in spring debut

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Mejia, whose arrival in camp was delayed by scrutiny of his visa application, surrendered a grand slam to Casey Kotchman in a five-run first inning and departed.

Mejia got himself in trouble right away. He fielded Juan Pierre’s leadoff bunt, but fired high to Zach Lutz at first base. Pierre reached third on the errant throw, and scored on Placido Polanco’s ensuing single.

Kotchman actually was playing with four stitches in his right ring finger as the result of an accident during a pop-up drill, yet he went deep to right field on a fastball from Mejia.